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flrim ' HnkAntrAfr ( r1 I 1 The Wildcats were tnictino RVIT i u n u n u i i cameback, and .j1:. r-3 I WSU won it by a : whisker. ( See sports 7; page 10 J Monday, November 23, 1998 cates. weber. edusignpost Volume 61 Number 32 Drumming, dancing delights all 28th annual event highlight of Native American Emphasis Week By Anne Gukeisen graphic designer-The Signpost It began with the pounding of a drum and Northern Indian singing amongst the smell of sweet grass. Occasionally, another man would sit down and join the circle of drummers of the host drum at the powwow presented by Weber State University's Native American area council and students. This was the 28th-annual powwow at WSU, and the drummers were singing a victory song to get into the spirit of the dance and let everyone know the powwow had started. The sweet grass was burned to bring in good spirits. When the drum stopped, Wallace Coffey, master of ceremonies, announced the beginning of the grand entry, led by Matthew West. West carried the Native American flag and was followed by two men carrying the Utah and United States flags. After the flag presentation, the head man and lady dancers entered. Quanah LaRose, a Northern Ute, was the head man dancer. Dressed in a traditional outfit with a bustle the feathers on the back of the dancer, a roach worn on the head and made of porcupine hair and feathers a breastplate and blue aprons with fringes. The head lady dancer, Megan Morris, was voted Miss Indian WSU at last week's banquet. Morris is a theater arts major who grew up in Roy. "When I was 5 I saw an aunt be appointed WSU Miss Indian. Since then, all I ever wanted to be able to be was the WSU Miss Indian," Morris said. Following Morris and La Rose were differ- See Powwow page 3 i ' : ' ;- 1 V , i " i : ' -l; i vs. I r I " ! . - ' ' ) Yi V ' 1 ' f ' - I x i i.m t : . f i ' - - i !" w' i; : ' "u J " i ' : I J Si -- - , I f . t 3 iMfiwtMW fed --44 i-K. 4 t...,invrnirr Wlr.ir ? - 1 - S I 1 -i Matthew West carries the Native American flag as he leads the Grand Entry for the a powwow held in the Shepherd Union Ballrooms Saturday afternoon. Current events dominate faculty senate meeting By Tanna Barry asst. news editor-The Signpost During the recent faculty senate meeting, a memorial tribute was presented, Paul Thompson, Weber State University president addressed the arrest of a student and a $ 1 7,000 endowment was donated to the faculty senate. Eulogy delivered for Gallego Sociology and anthropology department chairwoman Rosemary Conover delivered a tribute in honor of the late Daniel T. Gallego, a professor in the sociology and anthropology department. Conover discussed Gallego's life and his love of teaching. "He once said to me that he might consider retiring someday if he would be allowed to continue just the teaching part of the job somehow," she said. Gallego was a very popular professor with both students and faculty, and his presence will be greatly missed, Conover said. UAAP endowment given to faculty senate The Utah Association of Academic Professionals donated two checks totaling $ 1 7,628.65 to the faculty senate. "It's our intent that money be put in the trust," said Richard Alston, a representative of UAAP. The interest raised each year would become a "perpetual fund to find the person who has shown the greatest spirit, guidance and leadership in faculty government at Weber State." Alston said the UAAP wants the Executive Committee to develop a nomination process without guidelines, to provide for more flexibility with these newly acquired funds. The checks were presented to Wendell Rich, a member of WSU's accounting staff. Thompson speaks about senator After the forum sponsored by Information Dissemination concerning black students senator John Shaw, Thompson decided to address faculty senate on the issue. Thompson said he has been very concerned with the events of this last week. Three students fded complaints with campus police about Shaw, he was arrested by campus police and charges have been filed with the Weber County Attorney. "This has caused a great deal of concern on the campus," Thompson said. Thompson also discussed a task force that is being created to look into the climate and culture of the institution and look at the way the students are relating to each other. The task force is to be "broadly representative of faculty, staff and students," he said. Thompson asked the faculty senate to think of any possible candidates to be on the task force they couldrecommend. Student anchors honored By Signpost staff Experience gained anchoring the community news program on cable Channel 9 is beginning to pay off for two Weber State University communication students. Jee Young Jun and Angela Erickson tied for first place in the television news category at the western regional convention of the National Broadcasting Society, an organization for college students pursuing careers in television and radio. Jun and Erickson, along with other communication students, work together to create a weekly community news program that airs daily at 6 and 10 p.m. on Channel 9. The two received the first-place award after entering a newscast they hadco-anchored into the regional convention's student competition. According to Ty Sanders, adviser for the WSU chapter of the National Broadcasting Society, this is the first time WSU has placed in the television news category. "In audio, we do well on a regular basis," Sanders said. "But we have never won on a regional or national level in news video." Jun and Erickson were planning to travel to Ellensburg, Wash, to attend the regional convention, which was held Oct. 16-17, but decided against going. When they returned to class on Monday, Sanders informed them they had both won first place. "We really didn't expect it at all," Jun said. "We were really happy and excited." Erickson added, "We just sent the newest tape we had, instead of going back through the old tapes looking for the best material. We didn't think we would win anything." The judges evaluate how well the news anchors perform on camera. According to Jun, every aspect of the news anchor's performance is scrutinized."They focus a lot on personality if you smile too much, or not enough. They also look at your hair and appearance." How news anchors react to the stories they are presenting is also important in determining who places in the competition. "A good anchor is more upbeat when presenting a happy story and more serious if a story is sad," Erickson said, describing how the anchor's mood should match the story. Jun and Erickson agree that the best benefit of winning is that they are both automatically entered into the national competition without pay-See Anchors page 3 inside post news see page 2&3 editorial see page 4 3&lQ see page 6 SportSr. .... see page 10 Classifieds . . . .see page 12

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flrim ' HnkAntrAfr ( r1 I 1 The Wildcats were tnictino RVIT i u n u n u i i cameback, and .j1:. r-3 I WSU won it by a : whisker. ( See sports 7; page 10 J Monday, November 23, 1998 cates. weber. edusignpost Volume 61 Number 32 Drumming, dancing delights all 28th annual event highlight of Native American Emphasis Week By Anne Gukeisen graphic designer-The Signpost It began with the pounding of a drum and Northern Indian singing amongst the smell of sweet grass. Occasionally, another man would sit down and join the circle of drummers of the host drum at the powwow presented by Weber State University's Native American area council and students. This was the 28th-annual powwow at WSU, and the drummers were singing a victory song to get into the spirit of the dance and let everyone know the powwow had started. The sweet grass was burned to bring in good spirits. When the drum stopped, Wallace Coffey, master of ceremonies, announced the beginning of the grand entry, led by Matthew West. West carried the Native American flag and was followed by two men carrying the Utah and United States flags. After the flag presentation, the head man and lady dancers entered. Quanah LaRose, a Northern Ute, was the head man dancer. Dressed in a traditional outfit with a bustle the feathers on the back of the dancer, a roach worn on the head and made of porcupine hair and feathers a breastplate and blue aprons with fringes. The head lady dancer, Megan Morris, was voted Miss Indian WSU at last week's banquet. Morris is a theater arts major who grew up in Roy. "When I was 5 I saw an aunt be appointed WSU Miss Indian. Since then, all I ever wanted to be able to be was the WSU Miss Indian," Morris said. Following Morris and La Rose were differ- See Powwow page 3 i ' : ' ;- 1 V , i " i : ' -l; i vs. I r I " ! . - ' ' ) Yi V ' 1 ' f ' - I x i i.m t : . f i ' - - i !" w' i; : ' "u J " i ' : I J Si -- - , I f . t 3 iMfiwtMW fed --44 i-K. 4 t...,invrnirr Wlr.ir ? - 1 - S I 1 -i Matthew West carries the Native American flag as he leads the Grand Entry for the a powwow held in the Shepherd Union Ballrooms Saturday afternoon. Current events dominate faculty senate meeting By Tanna Barry asst. news editor-The Signpost During the recent faculty senate meeting, a memorial tribute was presented, Paul Thompson, Weber State University president addressed the arrest of a student and a $ 1 7,000 endowment was donated to the faculty senate. Eulogy delivered for Gallego Sociology and anthropology department chairwoman Rosemary Conover delivered a tribute in honor of the late Daniel T. Gallego, a professor in the sociology and anthropology department. Conover discussed Gallego's life and his love of teaching. "He once said to me that he might consider retiring someday if he would be allowed to continue just the teaching part of the job somehow," she said. Gallego was a very popular professor with both students and faculty, and his presence will be greatly missed, Conover said. UAAP endowment given to faculty senate The Utah Association of Academic Professionals donated two checks totaling $ 1 7,628.65 to the faculty senate. "It's our intent that money be put in the trust," said Richard Alston, a representative of UAAP. The interest raised each year would become a "perpetual fund to find the person who has shown the greatest spirit, guidance and leadership in faculty government at Weber State." Alston said the UAAP wants the Executive Committee to develop a nomination process without guidelines, to provide for more flexibility with these newly acquired funds. The checks were presented to Wendell Rich, a member of WSU's accounting staff. Thompson speaks about senator After the forum sponsored by Information Dissemination concerning black students senator John Shaw, Thompson decided to address faculty senate on the issue. Thompson said he has been very concerned with the events of this last week. Three students fded complaints with campus police about Shaw, he was arrested by campus police and charges have been filed with the Weber County Attorney. "This has caused a great deal of concern on the campus," Thompson said. Thompson also discussed a task force that is being created to look into the climate and culture of the institution and look at the way the students are relating to each other. The task force is to be "broadly representative of faculty, staff and students," he said. Thompson asked the faculty senate to think of any possible candidates to be on the task force they couldrecommend. Student anchors honored By Signpost staff Experience gained anchoring the community news program on cable Channel 9 is beginning to pay off for two Weber State University communication students. Jee Young Jun and Angela Erickson tied for first place in the television news category at the western regional convention of the National Broadcasting Society, an organization for college students pursuing careers in television and radio. Jun and Erickson, along with other communication students, work together to create a weekly community news program that airs daily at 6 and 10 p.m. on Channel 9. The two received the first-place award after entering a newscast they hadco-anchored into the regional convention's student competition. According to Ty Sanders, adviser for the WSU chapter of the National Broadcasting Society, this is the first time WSU has placed in the television news category. "In audio, we do well on a regular basis," Sanders said. "But we have never won on a regional or national level in news video." Jun and Erickson were planning to travel to Ellensburg, Wash, to attend the regional convention, which was held Oct. 16-17, but decided against going. When they returned to class on Monday, Sanders informed them they had both won first place. "We really didn't expect it at all," Jun said. "We were really happy and excited." Erickson added, "We just sent the newest tape we had, instead of going back through the old tapes looking for the best material. We didn't think we would win anything." The judges evaluate how well the news anchors perform on camera. According to Jun, every aspect of the news anchor's performance is scrutinized."They focus a lot on personality if you smile too much, or not enough. They also look at your hair and appearance." How news anchors react to the stories they are presenting is also important in determining who places in the competition. "A good anchor is more upbeat when presenting a happy story and more serious if a story is sad," Erickson said, describing how the anchor's mood should match the story. Jun and Erickson agree that the best benefit of winning is that they are both automatically entered into the national competition without pay-See Anchors page 3 inside post news see page 2&3 editorial see page 4 3&lQ see page 6 SportSr. .... see page 10 Classifieds . . . .see page 12